Tsumakuki Satoshi and Matsuyama kenichi will be starring together in the movie “My pack page” by director Yamashita Nobuhiro, set in a 60s student movement. The two of them are involved in a friendly junior-senior relationship within the agency, whereas Tsumabuki is an aspiring young journalist and Matsuyama is playing the role of a student activist setting back said journalist.

Upon the beginning of the filming Tsumabuki said: “It was a time, where there was nothing anywhere and people sought the value in their existence. Either way, I hope to leave just a few foot prints in the time we are passing right now, as I am portraying our “era” together with Matsuyama”, apparently eager to start the filming.

Matsuyama also said excitedly: “It is really outstanding and I am looking forward to be playing this extraordinary character. Together with director Yamashita, Tsumabuki, our staff and the rest of the cast, we will all create a great movie.”

Well, not exactly but close. The two recently appeared on Music Station, where actress Riisa Naka revealed that while they were costarring for the drama “Kami no Shizuku“, which aired back in 2009, Kazuya Kamenashi stood in front of her wearing an apron over his nude body. Apparently, she was asked “When you costarred with Kamenashi, what kind of interesting scene of him did you see and why?” Her answer was “I saw him wearing an apron over the nude body….”

It seem that none of the KAT-TUN members knew about this, as several of them appeared surprised and shouted, “Really?! Are you kidding me?!” with Kouki Tanaka screaming “Hadaka apron?!” (naked apron in Japanese) several times. Kamenashi later explained, “Oh yes that one. It was a character usually wearing suits. And once I had to cook, and I cooked in the studio. However the white shirts were stained by the oil, so I took it off.”

He emphasized that the staff had given him an apron and to reassure everyone, he said “I was wearing pants at that time! It was suit pants” in order to generate some laughter, but we all know that’s not true…

Just announced: Avex stars, queen of hip hop, Namie Amuro and international wonder, BoA will be heading to Pusan festival in Korea. BoA has not been in the Korean scene since the Anyband days and has a total hiatus of over 4 years away from Korea. I’m sure her fans are excited to see her!

On Saturday (or in a few hours if you’re in Korea), these 2 mega pop stars will entertain for one of the largest crowds to come together. Pusan is simply the largest Asian festival, located in the heart of Korea.

Not only for music fans, but Pusan holds a great deal of entertainment for film lovers and makers a like, and this year PIFF has invited a record 355 films, with 144 world premieres.

It is welcome and open hearted to everyone, and attending will be Bryan Singer, director of X-men films and mega screen actor Josh Harnett. The great thing I love about Korea is their taste for music, film and celebration. What a great way to combine all of these into one spectacular event! BoA, X-men, Namie!! Going nuts now!

The very young Fukuda Saki is still 18 years old [soon to turn 19].
She was chosen as one of the winners of the 6th ‘The Beauty Week Award’!
The annual award is given to famous celebrities with stylish hair.
The awards ceremony was held in Tokyo on September 3rd.
At the ceremony Fukuda showed off her shiny, straight hair.
She beamed as she received a bunch of flowers and a giant hair comb.
[The award is given in and around September 4th, ‘Hair Comb Day’. ‘Hair comb’
in Japanese is ‘kushi; 櫛’. ‘Ku’ and ‘shi’ could each mean ‘9’ and ‘4’.]
She expressed her gratitude to her parents for her hair, which has been
lauded by hair stylists. “I thank my parents for my hair. I can’t
wait to tell them about the award.”
She told reporters that she works everyday to maintain her beauty.
After taking a bath, she makes sure to drink water that is not excessively
cold or hot. On her days off she tries not to wear any makeup.
“I’ll do my best to live up to this award by continuing to be a healthy,
energetic woman.”
source: music japan plus

Last Friday on September 4th KAT-TUN member Nakamaru celebrated his 26th birthday. Nakamaru provided us with the latest information about their TV program ‘Cartoon KAT-TUN’! “Good evening. This is Nakamaru Yuichi. September is here. Yesterday as part of our ‘Cartoon KAT-TUN’ we tried out ‘bouldering’, an indoor version of free climbing. [Actually, bouldering is also conducted outdoors too. The filming of the TV program took place at an indoor facility, so he might have mistaken bouldering as an indoor only sport.] It was our first time to give it a try, and I realized that you need lots of strength for this indoor sport. The people there told us that bouldering is becoming popular among women too. It might be a good way to build up muscles. Don’t forget to watch the program!” The filming done that day has not yet been broadcast, but it will be interesting to see how Nakamura will take on bouldering while also combating his fear of heights. source: music japan plus shared by: AiNoSaranghae + jpopkawaii + Love. Music.@AF

This year’s 17th issue of Shueisha’s You magazine has revealed that a live-action television drama series of Satoru Makimura’s Real Clothes fashion manga has been green-lit for an October premiere. The story centers on Kinue Amano, a drab, lowly saleswoman stuck in the futon department of a giant Tokyo department store. Kinue’s life — and fashion sense — change when she is moved up to the high-profile, high-stress ladies’ fashion department.

Makimura has been drawing the original manga in You magazine since 2006, and Shueisha has published 900,000 copies of the seven current volumes. Last September, the model and actress Karina played Kinue in a live-action television drama special. More details about the new drama series version will be announced in future issue of You magazine.

J-pop princess Koda Kumi (26) is finally going to show fans outside Japan what she’s made of. The Avex label announced yesterday that she will perform two concerts in Taipei on October 3-4. Koda has been one of Japan’s best selling artists of the last few years and has a growing fan base across East Asia. Though she made her international debut with a U.S. release as long ago as 2000, and has made appearances there and in Korea, the Taipei shows will be her first overseas concerts. She finished a Japan tour, with a show that cost about ¥80 million, in mid-June. Her latest single, “3 Splash,” has sold over 150,000 CDs and more than 300,000 downloads since it was released Wednesday.